Rehearsals

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The orchestra rehearses at the St Albans United Reformed Church (Homewood site), Sandpit Lane St Albans AL1 4BH  on Wednesdays from 7.30pm – 10.00pm, tuning at 7.25pm. Venue opens at 7.10pm.

You are reminded that if you miss two rehearsals for a concert, you must discuss with your section principal whether it’s still possible for you to take part in it. Depending on the circumstances, you may be asked not to continue playing for that particular concert.

Winds and brass please arrange a deputy if absent.

Saturday 12 October 2024, 7:30pm

Conductor: Bill Carslake

Orchestration

Moberg: Sunrise from Sunrise Orchestral Suite
2222 4230 – timp, str

Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto
2(II=picc).2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc:SD/BD/cyms/tgl-harp-strings

Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
2.2.2.2. – 4.3.3.1. – timp – str

Saturday 9 November 2024

Children’s concerts, 2:00pm & 3:30pm

Conductor: Bill Carslake

Orchestration

Ravel: Extracts from Mother Goose Suite
+2+22+2 2000 T Perc Xyl Cel Hp strings

Bizet: Extracts from L’Arlesienne Suite no. 2
+2+222 4430, T Perc Hp/pf Str Sax

Beethoven: Symphony no 6 (extracts from 4th movement)
+3222 2220 T strings

Moberg: Sunrise from Sunrise Orchestral Suite
2222 4230 – timp, str

Kristen Anderson-Lopez, arr. Krogstad, Music from Frozen
2+1.1+1.2+1.1-4.3.3.1, T Perc Hp
Perc: electric bass, piano; Percussion 1 – Gong, Bass Drum, Wood Blocks, Sus. Cym, Cabasa Percussion 2 – Anvil, Sleigh Bells, Mark Tree, Cr. Cym, Sus. Cym Percussion 3 – Bells, Vibrophone Perc 4 – Drum Set

Wednesday 1 January 2025, 7:30pm

Conductor: Bill Carslake

Orchestration

Williams: Flying theme from ET
3(III/pic).2.2.3/4331/timp.2perc/hp/pf(=cel)/str

Bliss: Things to Come: March
2(2pic)2(ca)22/4331/timp.3perc/hp/str

Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven
3.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3[=4].3[=4].1/timp+3perc/pf/hp+[gtr]/str

Moross: Main Theme, The Big Country
3.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.sd.cym.glockensp.-pft(=cel)-harp-strings
Perc: timps, side drum (= perc. 1), cymbals (= perc. 2) and glockenspiel (= perc. 3)

Shostakovich: Romance from The Gadfly
0.3.3.2.dbn-4.0.3.1-timp-harp-strings

Burgon: Brideshead Variations
3(III/pic).2.2.3/4331/timp.2perc/hp/pf(=cel)/str

Ron Goodwin: The Trap
3233 4331 Timp Perc(3) Harp Strings

Williams: Superman
2+1.2.2+1.2/4.4.3.1,timp,3 perc,hp,pf,str

Bizet: Carmen Suite no. 1
+2+222 4230 T Perc Hp strings

Rossini: Overture – Barber of Seville
+2222 2230 T Perc strings

Sullivan: Excerpts from Pinapple Poll
2(I=picc/II=picc).picc.2.corA.2.bcl.2.dbn-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(2)-harp-cel-strings

Rogers and Hammerstein: Overture to South Pacific
1.1.2.1-3.3.2.1-timp.perc:SD/BD/bells/cym-harp-strings

Rogers and Hammerstein: Overture to Oklahoma
1.1.2.1-2.3.2.0-timp.perc:SD/cym/wdbl/bells/hi-hat/tom-t/muffled.dr-harp-gtr-strings

Williams: Star Wars Main Theme
2+1.2.2.2-4.3.3.1, timp,3 perc, str
Perc: mallet percussion( chimes, bells), percussion I (snare drum), percussion II (bass drum, crash cymbals)

Williams: Selections from Star Wars Main Theme
2.2.2.bcl.2-4.3.3.1,timp,3 perc, str
Perc: timps, mallet percussion( chimes, bells, vibes, slide whistle, xylophone), percussion I (crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, temple blocks, police whistle,gong), percussion II (snare drum, bass drum, deep-tuned muffled drums)